Both media and consumers love Horizon Zero Dawn, the new title that Guerrilla Games launched in February. And the recently released DLC The Frozen Wilds also gets great reviews from press and players. In September, Horizon Zero Dawn was the first game to ever win a Gouden Kalf, and a few weeks later, Guerrilla Games managed to win five Dutch Game Awards. So it’s safe to conclude that Horizon Zero Dawn is a huge success.

Therefore, we are proud to host not one, but two Horizon Zero Dawn talks on November 29. This is the announcement of the first talk; we will announce the second talk later this week.

Richard Oud

Richard Oud is the lead animator at Guerrilla Games where he has been working for more then ten years. He is one of the core-team members that started on the development of Horizon Zero Dawn early 2011, where he became the lead animator on the project, focusing full-time on the robots together with his team.

Animating robots

In his Control Conference talk, will go over some of the tricks and challenges that came with animating the mechanical creatures for the open world game of Guerrilla Games. He will also give a general layout of the process the team went through from prototyping to the final polishing of the creatures.

Tickets

You can buy your Control Conference tickets via the website. Besides the regular conference pass, there is also a student pass available at a special rate of €55.